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Saints of 9 April

30 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 9 April, with short facts.

Saints (18)

  • St. Acacius of Amida Died: c.421. Also called Acacio, Acathius.
  • St. Aedesius of Alexandria Died: drowned in 306 in Alexandria, Egypt. Also called Edessa, Edesio.
  • St. Brogan Also called Brocan.
  • St. Casilda of Toledo Born: Toledo, Spain. Died: c.1050. Patronage: against sterility. Also called Casilda of Briviesca and Casilde of....
  • St. Concessus the Martyr
  • St. Demetrius of Sermium Born: 3rd century in Thessalonia. Died: run through. Patronage: against evil spirits, Belgrade, Serbia, Crusaders, Salonica, Greece, and Thessaloniki, Greece. Also called Demetrius the Great Martyr, Demetrius the Megalomartyr, Demetrius the Myrrh-Streamer, and Dimitri.....
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  • St. Eupsychius of Cappadocia Died: beheaded in 362 in Caesarea, Cappadocia. Also called Eupsichio.
  • St. Gaucherius Born: 1060 near Maulan, France. Died: 9 April 1140. Canonized: 1194 by Pope Celestine III. Patronage: wood cutters.
  • St. Hedda the Abbot Died: 869 in Croyland, England. Also called Haeddi.
  • St. Heliodorus of Mesopotamia Died: c.355.
  • St. Hilary the Martyr
  • St. Hugh of Rouen Died: 730 at Jumieges Abbey, France.
  • St. Liborius of Le Mans Born: early 4th century Gaul (modern France). Died: 396. Patronage: abdominal pains, against calculi, gravel, kidney stones or gall stones, against colic, against fever, archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany, city of Paderborn, Germany, and Paderborn Cathedral. Also called Liboire, Liborio.
  • St. Madrun Born: c.440. Patronage: Trawsfynydd, Wales.
  • St. Marcellus of Die Born: Avignon, France. Died: 474.
  • St. Maximus of Alexandria Died: c.288 in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • St. Waltrude of Mons Died: 9 April 686. Patronage: Hainault, Belgium and Mons, Belgium.

Blessed (8)

  • Blessed Antony of Pavoni Born: 1326 at Savigliano, Italy. Died: stabbed to death on Sunday 9 April 1374 at Bricherasio, Turin, Italy. Beatified: 4 December 1856 by Pope Pius IX. Patronage: lost articles, Prayers, and General Calendar of the Order of Preachers.
  • Blessed James of Padua Born: Italian. Died: beheaded by Muslims in 1322 at Thama, Hindustan. Beatified: 1894 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed Katarzyna Faron Born: 24 April 1913 in Zabrzez, Malopolskie, Poland. Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. Also called Celestyna, Catherine, Celestine.
  • Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira Born: 20 October 1953 in Sitio Malhada da Areia, Açu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Died: stabbed 44 times. Beatified: 2 December 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Lindalwa.
  • Blessed Marguerite Rutan Born: 23 April 1736 in Metz, Moselle, France. Died: 9 April 1794 in Dax, Landes, France. Beatified: 19 June 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Pierre Camino Born: French. Died: beheaded in 1284 in Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Blessed Thomas of Tolentino Born: c.1260 in Tolentino, Italy. Died: beheaded in 1322 at Thana, Hindustan (in modern India). Beatified: 1809 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation).
  • Blessed Ubaldo Adimari Born: c.1245 in Florence, Italy. Died: 9 April 1315 on Mount Senario, Tuscany, Italy. Beatified: 3 April 1821 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation). Also called Ubaldo da Borgo San Sepolcro.

Martyr groups (4)

  • Martyrs of Croyland Died: Croyland Abbey, England.
  • Martyrs of Masyla Also called Massylitan Martyrs.
  • Martyrs of Pannonia
  • Martyrs of Thorney Abbey Died: 869 by raiders at Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England.

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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